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We featured Joe Proctor in this past weekend's UFC Notebook. Here's more of what the Pembroke native had to say:

On his experience (8-1 pro, 5-1 amateur) heading into TUF:

"It actually helped me a lot. It got me a lot more prepared. I think the amateur fighters, I think everyone should do amateur fights before you turn pro, it gives you that comfortable feeling in the cage before you turn pro and those are the ones that really count and everyone looks at."

On balancing life as a carpenter and fighter:

"That’s my ultimate goal to be able to train full time and not worry about a nine to five job but right now where I’m just starting out, the fighting still doesn’t pay off all the bills. I’m going to go back to work three or four days a week."

On what's next:

"I’ll get back in there as soon as they want me to. I really didn’t get hurt in the last fight. I’d like to take a little bit of rest time just to spend some time with the family after being away for so long. But if Joe Silva or Dana called me up and said, ‘hey do you want to fight next month?’ I’d be down to fight. I just love to do it."